In [1]: funcs = [lambda x: x**i for i in range(100)]
In [2]: funcs[-1]
Out[2]: <function __main__.<listcomp>.<lambda>(x)>
In [3]: funcs[-1] is funcs[0]
Out[3]: False
In [4]: funcs[-1](5)
Out[4]: 1577721810442023610823457130565572459346412870218046009540557861328125
In [5]: funcs[0](5)
Out[5]: 1577721810442023610823457130565572459346412870218046009540557861328125
In [6]: funcs = [lambda x, i=i: x**i for i in range(100)]
In [7]: funcs[0](5)
Out[7]: 1
In [8]: funcs[-1](5)
Out[8]: 1577721810442023610823457130565572459346412870218046009540557861328125
In [9]: funcs[-1](5, 0)
Out[9]: 1